128 - The Toxic War Against Masculinity with Nancy Pearcey

In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross speak with Professor Nancy Pearcey about her book The Toxic War on Masculinity: How Christianity Reconciles the Sexes - https://a315.co/468rzNF0:24 - Intro banter on hobbit food2:15 - Intro to Nancy Pearcey and her book The Toxic War Against Masculinity6:16 - Welcome to Nancy6:46 - Nancy’s background and why she wrote the book9:14 - Francis Schaeffer’s influence on Nancy Pearcey15:41 - Why a toxic war against masculinity?18:35 - The statistics among Christians and non-Christians22:18 - The difference between nominal Christian men and committed Christian men25:36 - What’s changed to bring about a resistance against masculinity?30:07 - Why men are looked down on these days33:00 - Two competing scripts for masculinity 37:03 - How secularism has changed the approach towards men40:14 - How has the church responded?47:50 - Abuse and how the church can respondFurther resources…Nancy Pearcey online: www.nancypearcey.comNancy Pearcey's latest book is The Toxic War on Masculinity: How Christianity Reconciles the Sexes Her earlier books includeLove Thy Body: Answering Hard Questions about Life and Sexuality,The Soul of Science Saving LeonardoFinding TruthHow Now Shall We LiveTotal TruthHer books have been translated into 19 languages. She is professor and scholar in residence at Houston Christian University. A former agnostic, Pearcey has spoken at universities such as Princeton, Stanford, USC, and Dartmouth. She has been quoted in *he New Yorker and Newsweek, highlighted as one of the five top women apologists by Christianity Today, and hailed in The Economist as "America's pre-eminent evangelical Protestant female intellectual."================================We appreciate your feedback.If you’re on TWITTER, you can follow Chad @TBapologetics.You can follow Brian @TheBrianAutenAnd of course, you can follow @Apologetics315If you have a question or comment for the podcast, record it and send it our way using www.speakpipe.com/Apologetics315 or you can email us at [email protected]